What if it's unsliced, which means it can be cut wafer-thin or doorstop thick?

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The wafer is then cut up into chips.

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Under current manufacturing techniques, manufacturers take their sapphire or silicon carbide wafer and chop, or cut it into individual chips, which get tested and packaged.

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